Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c16.s3.t4.8
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c16.s3.t4.8
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The beads seem to have been fashioned out of thin copper sheet by turning it around a rod, while the dagger is one whole piece. On the other hand the antennae shows distinct traces of its being cut out from the tang. The chisel however seems to have been hammered to a rectangular body out of a circular rod as the overlapping side edges indicate. (Deo and Ansari, 1965: 113-16, 141 and 185-86)